WE THINK WE DISAGREE WITH THIS ARTICLE

But we're having trouble reading all the big words.

(Thanks to Cheryl Howard)

Comments

[Jeff Meyerson]

Wow, after 37 years I just...um, what was the question again?

Signed,

Confused and Drained

[Elon Weintraub]

Men used to share their beds with goats and chickens. Surely women can't be worse...

[Meanie the Blue]

Just get the friggin' cats out of the room and things will be fine.

[Mahatma Kane Jeeves]

"they sleep more deeply"
Tell me about it . . .

[Allen at Division]

After 26 years I are forced to agree...but I need to check with my lovely wife first if I expect any more draining.

[pogo]

Yes, you am.

[crossgirl]

this is why i make cj sleep on the couch. because i'm concerned for him. really.

[ExMatt]

So, does this mean women should sleep together? I think we need further study. With video evidence.

[Cat R]

*pulls covers my way*

*tucks cold toes under Mr R*

*zzzzzzzzzz....*

[Cat R]

Sleep deprivation is even worse when you have kids.

[Siouxie]

This explains a lot about my ex and why he's been married 3 times. (Yes, I was the first) *evil grin*

DUMB butt.

[fivver]

/totally ot
My brother has a lady friend who lives on Galveston Island. He talked to her this morning and she is still resisting evacuating. 'I just got up. I'm not sure the road's open. etc, etc, etc'. Now while her house is on stilts, it's right on the beach and is not protected by the seawall.
Sigh.
/ot

[padraig]

"When men spend the night with a bed mate their sleep is disturbed, whether they make love or not"

I would argue that "not" is the more disturbing situation. Especially when you've been in "not" mode for a few days....

[Siouxie]

Yikes, fivver. Not good. I'm all for tough, independent women...but this is just stoopid.

[fivver]

Siouxie, yep.

[WayneHere]

"...scientists assessed their rest patterns with questionnaires and wrist activity monitors." I'm sure guys in their 20's had more "wrist activity" the nights they slept alone. IYKWIM

[WayneHere]

True story, While living with my soon-to-be-ex, my IQ was 20 points lower on online tests. It has since recovered, due in part, I'm sure, to the intellectual repartee of the blog. I blamed living in New Jersey, but this report puts things in a new light.

[Margaritaville]

It's because men can't stop thinking about the possibility of getting sex. Even when it's not a possiblility.
And to fivver, dang that is sad. Maybe she wants to go out with a bang or something?

[Meanie the Blue ‹(@~@)›]

Fivver - I guess that lady's not alone. I just got through reading THIS, and then saw your post. Un. Believable.

[fivver]

Just talked to my brother again. She's stuck. She tried to leave but the road was under water. I just got some pictures from a friend that has a condo in Gulf Shores Alabama and the waves there are rolling up over the beach (usually about 50 yards wide) and breaking on the seawall. And Gulf Shores is not even in the hurricane/tropical storm warning area! This thing is huge.

[Margaritaville]

It's probably still going to be hurricane strength when it reaches us in East Texas.

[pogo]

Here in ATL I figure we are about 1000 Miles from the center of Ike, but our weather is coming from it - heavy dark clouds moving SE to NW.

[pogo]

Correction - looks more like 700 miles.

[Meanie the Blue]

*Starts praying*

[Siouxie]

WOW, fivver. Just wow.

[NJ]

Ike is a monster. The surge is going to do tremendous damage. Foolish people who don't evacuate off an island in the path of a monster hurricane will likely soon be nominated for a 2008 Darwin Award.

*sadly shakes head*

[Doc Rick-Currently setting up a perimeter around the Motel 6]

Fivver, I hope your friend makes it through OK. We bailed out yesterday & are bunkering down outside of Fort Hood. W/3 kids, 2 dogs, & the wife all crammed in this motel, I'm thinking I shoulda waited on Ike. *puts on earphones & blissfully ignores the chaos*

[Siouxie]

(((((((((((Rick))))))))))))))

Stay safe, amigo!

[TheDoctor34]

You know what, though? There IS a way to mask that phenomenon, which I know very, very well. I guess it goes to say that if you tend to drink a bottle or more of scotch in anticipation of spending any amount of time with a woman, you notice these symptoms much less the next day. But it's a matter of taste, of course. Sure, it's a bit of a discomfort when you have the sense of cooking pans striking your temples or chinese gongs going off in your eardrums for the next several days. But your IQ, your IQ will be fine.

[Dr. Bob]

fivver: Tell her to steal a boat. We'll chip in for bail later.

[Siouxie]

So...you're a smarter alcoholic?? Hmm k.

[pogo]

Doc R, sounds like you are hunkering in beautiful Killeen, TX. Probably a good place to hunker. If the water gets up far enough, there's plenty of sand for a beach.

[Doc Rick-Currently setting up a perimeter around the perimeter]

Thanks Siouxie. :) We are a good ways inland so we're all good. Biggest concern right now is who gets to run the remote. The 15 yr. old is currently winning.

[Meanie the Blue]

Rick - it sounds like what you're going through now, though probably maddening, is likely not to be as bad as what those who are still in the affected area will go through. Some of them might not make it; you will.

*For the Doc*

[Cat R]

*prays for everyone in the hurricane's path*

[cowhand214]

CNN currently has the following bullet point posted:
Forecasters warn Ike may bring "certain death".

I'm not sure you can say "may bring certain death."

That said, I'm wishing everyone in that part of the world good luck.

[Diva]

Nice, Blue. :) Fivver, I'm praying for your brother's friend. She's going to need it. The rest of you will be in my prayers as well.

[Doc Rick-Currently setting up a perimeter around the Motel 6]

Major snorkage @ the diagram Meanie! And we are very gratefull to be out of harms way. My brother & his family decided to ride it out in Houston & we are worried sick about them. Just trying to blow off steam w/some family angst humor. :)

[beaniehampton]

Wow! not one comment about not enough blood going to a man's brains because it is being used elsewhere!!

[fivver]

'control of the remote'

The important thing Rick is that you keep control of the TASER. You might stand a chance. Seriously, smart move and stay safe.

Diva, yeah. I'm kind of bouncing between prayer and 'how could you be so '.

[MartiniShark]

Have a friend in Houston who was going to stay in her condo w/o boarding up. I told her yesterday to get to her daughter's home where they did. This morning she gratefully said she did plan on going there, then I told her how currently the storm is targeting Houston and she panicked. Ike is looking like a somebitch, Doc, and all be safe.

[mudstuffin]

"Although the men reported they had slept better with a partner, they farted worse in the tests, with their results suggesting they actually had more disturbing sleep."

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[Elon Weintraub]

Well I evacuated from Houston about a month ago. Can't be too careful.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Even more careful - I've never been to Houston. I heard it's crawlin' with Texans.

[Steve Haller]

for hunkerers everywhere

[Diva]

A little something for those folks having trouble evacuating.

Tex, Rick, Ducky, ExMatt and others - be careful. You and yours are in my prayers.

[Diva]

Steve, I should have known they'd come up with something (in)appropriate to the occasion.

[NotSoShyJan]

*joins Diva in prayers*

fivver, I hope your brothers' friend can get out somehow.

[Siouxie]

*raises eyebrow @ Steve*

[Annie Where-but-here]

I really hope rescue personnel don't get hurt trying to evac people who were duly warned over and over. Guess Ike's peeved about me telling him a few threads back to grow a pair.

[Annie Where-but-here]

I liked the card, Steve. Don't that big, sharp, shiny machete scare you.

[Steve Haller]

Oh, I think Bush will do OK this time, after all this time his ranch is at risk...

[Siouxie]

heh! I wouldn't hurt a flea, Annie. I'm mostly harmless.

And, you shouldn't have irked Ike and his sissy sounding name. He's like...sissy hmmm???

[Diva]

fivver - one of my mother's funeral hymns is rolling through my head: "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less."

[Steve Haller]

Awwwww ... I like Ike ...

[slyeyes]

I just talked to my sister who lives an hour north of Houston. She said they've been warned that even there, they'll get hurricane force winds. Since they aren't in an area that will flood, they were told to stay put, but she's very nervous about all of the trees that surround her house. All flower pots and patio furniture have been brought into the house; generator is fueled up, water and food stored away and the hurricane mattress is in the hallway. Now they are watching the news, seeing reports of dumba$$es in Galveston who were out surfing and had to be rescued. When asked if they learned anything, said dumba$$es reponded, "surf was great."

[Annie Where-but-here]

See, slyeyes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Let Darwin do his job. Stupid surfers.

Steve, now that's an Ike! Evil shot at Bush, though. Don't dress as a moose for Halloween, or Palin will git you. ;p

[oneblankspace]

It took over 2 years for that article to make it to the blog. That sure says something about BBC archives, eh?

[pogo]

Remember Ike took out the Nazis some years back. He's not to be messed with.

[Diva]

Sly - now THOSE are truly ânechapeaus!

[Steve Haller]

Oh yeah, Palin's right up there with all the other super heroes...

[Siouxie]

Or *I* will, Annie. I'm gonna trade my machete for an AK47 ;-)

sly, they must be related to the idiots we have here in South FLorida that start surfing when the hurricanes come. I was hoping that the moron that slammed face first into a building would have learned his lesson, but I don't think he did.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Is Tina Fey still on SNL? She will have a field day with Palin.

[Siouxie]

Annie, I think she was in talks with them about possibly opening up the season. Obama will make a cameo. I agree. She's be perfect as Palin.

(She left the show 2 years ago)

[Siouxie]

and She'll be perfect too.

*I is learning*

[Jacki]

Galveston appears to its share of idiots and Floridian drivers licenses, not to mention a whole bunch of water

[Steve Haller]

I don't know about Tina Fey, but I can tell you that the host on tomorrow night's season opener is some guy who won a lot of gold medals in the Olympics ... Philps? Phalps?? Oh well...

[Siouxie]

Steve, Phelps is the host but Obama is scheduled for a cameo and they were probably hoping to get Tina Fey in there. I'd even watch that one ;-)

[Jacki]

My German exchange student had a current events test that included questions on Michael Phelps. She came home that afternoon and said in a sincerely bewildered tone, "I never knew Americans were so into swimming."

[Steve Haller]

Will Barack be wearing his cool new T shirt ?

[Siouxie]

Steve, speaking of T shirts...I just ordered THIS one.

[Steve Haller]

*WAVES* card at Siouxie...!

[Jeff Meyerson]

My friend in Alvin is hunkering because he didn't want to leave his cats or his books.

Now he's scared spitless.

Good luck all Texans (except W).

[Steve Haller]

BULLETIN BULLETIN SNL BULLETIN

[Biggin]

Fivver, I hope your friend makes it through OK. We bailed out yesterday & are bunkering down outside of Fort Hood. W/3 kids, 2 dogs, & the wife all crammed in this motel, I'm thinking I shoulda waited on Ike. *puts on earphones & blissfully ignores the chaos*

Posted by: Doc Rick-Currently setting up a perimeter around the Motel 6 | 11

Rick, I too live in the Ft Hood area (Kempner) and work in Temple. The folks in Central Texas are buying water, beer and emergency storm food. I don't know why. I am originally from Florida and have weathered plenty of storms. I don't miss loss of electricity and thus water for a few days and having to scout friends who do have power just to take a shower not to mention cleaning up the yard debris again and again.

I wish you and your family well.

[Siouxie]

Told ya, Steve. Cute card, btw....this little piggy went to Washington?? hmmm

[Steve Haller]

And why not? That's where all the pork is, after all...

[fivver]

/ot
Wonderful news folks! Prayer works! An angel whop-whop-whop-whopped in and plucked my brother's friend and her dog to safety! In fact, if you see a woman with a dog being interviewed on the tube, thats her.
/ot

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